Alas that can probably be said for the majority of the shows that are listed in the club. I know that some programs are more complete than others, some like "Sam Spade" and "Philip Marlowe" are almost complete runs (vetted by the OTRRG), but very few are actually complete or likely to be. Shows like "Speed Gibson" seem to be the exception rather than the rule. The near complete ones are more likely to be either later (in the 50's) or short runs (shows that didn't last long on the air) it seems. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that some aluminum transcription disks of programs were melted down for the war effort (WWII). The original martian space ship from the 1950's movie version of "War of the worlds" went that way. There was a copper drive run by the Boy Scouts sometime after the movie was made and as the model was made of copper it went to the scrap heap. So I can imagine some transcription disks aluminum or otherwise might have gone the same way due to the war effort. There is no way to prove it either way, but it would make sense.

Brad wrote:

crich70 wrote:

I remember that one. It was good I agree.

This is another good example of great shows lost forever. I'm sure there were more of these made than what we have in the club.